XMLFORMAT(1)

👑 NAME 👑

xmlformat — the XML Document Formatter 💅 (it's giving "User Commands", section 1, and it's lowkey iconic)

xmlformat [options] xml-file

--help, -h — prints this very message and then exits, bye bestie ✌️
*--backup *suffix, -b suffix — backs up the input document by taking suffix and sticking it onto the end of the input filename to make the backup filename. 🎀
--canonized-output — only goes as far as the document canonization stage, then prints the result. That's it, that's the whole trip. ✨
--check-parser — parses the document into tokens and verifies that their concatenation is identical to the original input document. This option suppresses further document processing, so it's a vibe check and then it's done. 🫶
*--config-file *file_name, -f file_name — names the configuration filename. If no file is named, xmlformat uses the file named by the environment variable XMLFORMAT_CONF, if it exists, or ./xmlformat.conf, if it exists. Otherwise, xmlformat uses built-in formatting options. No config, no problem. 💖
--in-place, -i — formats the document in place, replacing the contents of the input file with the reformatted document.

💀 bestie, listen: it's a good idea to use --backup along with this option. Like, actually.

--show-config — shows the configuration options after reading the configuration file. This option suppresses document processing. Just showing, not doing. 🙈
--show-unconfigured-elements — shows the elements that are used in the document but for which no options were specified in the configuration file. This option suppresses document output. Snitching on your unconfigured elements, respectfully. 👑
--verbose, -v — be verbose about processing stages. Main character narration mode, activated. 🌈
--version, -V — shows version information and exits. ⭐

Paul DuBois paul@kitebird.com

This manual page was written by Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system, but may be used by others. 🫶

okay bestie that's the whole page, no cap, fr fr — this was xmlformat 1.04 (Perl version), dated October 2012. slay 💅✨

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